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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study cohort by BRIEF category (nā€‰=ā€‰209)

From: Health literacy, health outcomes and community health worker utilization: a cohort study in HIV primary care

Ā 

Inadequate

Marginal

Adequate

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age (mean, SD)

44.84ā€‰Ā±ā€‰11.14

38.23ā€‰Ā±ā€‰13.70

39.9ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.80

40.45ā€‰Ā±ā€‰12.84

Gender

ā€ƒMale

24

63.2

31

70.5

82

64.6

137

65.6

ā€ƒFemale

14

36.8

11

25

43

33.9

68

32.5

ā€ƒOther

0

0

2

4.5

2

1.6

4

1.9

Race

ā€ƒBlack

28

73.7

31

70.5

96

76.2

155

74.5

ā€ƒWhite

8

21.1

9

20.5

27

21.4

44

21.2

ā€ƒOther

1

2.6

2

4.5

3

2.4

6

2.9

ā€ƒNo Response

1

2.6

2

4.5

0

0

3

1.4

Hispanic or Latinx

5

13.2

6

14

7

5.6

18

8.7

Language

ā€ƒNon-English

4

10.8

1

2.3

2

1.6

7

3.4

ā€ƒEnglish

33

89.2

43

97.7

125

98.4

201

96.6

Housing

ā€ƒCurrently Housed

35

94.6

36

85.7

108

86.4

179

87.7

ā€ƒNot Currently Housed

2

5.4

6

14.3

17

13.6

25

12.3

Employment

ā€ƒEmployed

7

20.6

11

26.8

46

36.5

64

31.8

ā€ƒUnemployed

27

79.4

30

73.2

80

63.5

137

68.2

Mental Health Dx

16

42.1

17

38.6

38

29.9

71

34.0

SUD

12

31.6

13

29.5

41

32.3

66

31.6

Hep C Diagnosis

3

7.9

7

15.9

17

13.4

27

12.9